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Flood Watch 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 9, 200912 counties in Florida; 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flood watch at Nov 9, 2009, 1:27 PM CST for 12 counties in Florida; 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Nov 9, 2009, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 9, 2009, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 9, 2009, 2:00 PM CST
Expired: Nov 10, 2009, 2:21 PM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Flood severity: None

All 25 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Nov 9, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 9, 5:53 AM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 8, 9:23 PM CST	Hurricane Warning	TAE		14 hr
Nov 8, 9:23 PM CST	Hurricane Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	14 hr
Nov 8, 9:23 PM CST	Tropical Storm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Jefferson, Wakulla	36 hr
Nov 8, 9:23 PM CST	Tropical Storm Warning	TAE	Bay, Gulf, Walton	36 hr
Nov 9, 12:01 AM CST	Inland Tropical Storm Watch	TAE	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla	22 hr
Nov 9, 12:01 AM CST	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more	34 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Florida, 2009 Flood Watches in Georgia, 2009 Flood Watches in Alabama, 2009 Every flood watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.